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UK Business and Energy Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng met with US Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm at the UN COP26 summit in Glasgow, where they discussed strengthening cooperation to accelerate the global transition to clean energy and build back better ambitions.

The government is to fund £15 million digitisation of the Herbarium at Kew Gardens in major boost to “revolutionise” climate change research during opening week of COP26.

More than 160 projects across Wales will receive a share of more than £46m to help people into work, boost productivity and deliver net zero.

A new campaign launches today (Friday 5 November) across digital channels, radio stations and newspapers, demonstrating the importance of simple ventilation techniques to reduce the risks of catching COVID-19 this winter.

The Covid-19 pandemic has provided a range of challenges for many businesses, and there are countless stories from across British industry detailing how firms have responded, often making wholesale changes to working practices in order to continue delivering their services in a safe manner.

After chancellor Rishi Sunak’s recent Budget promised that schools’ resources would be “restored to 2010 levels” over the next three years, Marish Academy Trust's Gill Denham, questions whether this will truly translate into extra money for schools.

In her role as BEIS permanent secretary, Sarah Munby aims to put agility and teamwork at the heart of modern leadership every single day of the week.

The UK has confirmed that it has attracted foreign investment valuing almost £10 billion to support green regeneration, Hartey Wealth Management reports.

Prime minister Boris Johnson has extended businessman Michael Lynton’s term as a Trustee of the Tate by four years.

At a time of change and reform in Scottish education, chief executive of The General Teaching Council for Scotland, Dr Pauline Stephen, asks how Scotland’s teachers can meaningfully be heard amid all the complexities of the education system.

The UK is to become the first G20 country to etch into law TCFD-aligned requirements for the largest companies and financial institutions to report on climate-related risks and opportunities.

Carmarthenshire charity CYCA [Connecting Youth, Children and Adults] has been named 2021 Charity of the Year by CK Foodstores, supported by local business network Elli BNI - Llanelli, and Llanelli Town Council Mayor, Councillor Mike Cranham.

Bosch Building Technologies is to expand its international business with the acquisition of Protec Fire and Security Group Ltd, a British fire detection and security technology specialist.

Resource is a charity which supports unemployed people as they bid to get back into work. As the Covid-19 pandemic began to take hold early last year and unemployment soared, CEO Victoria Sterman found that the organisation was soon inundated with demand.